Proposed Protect Duty: how might it impact the health and social care sector? By Anne-Marie Gregory, Stan Campbell This month marks the first anniversary of the Liverpool Women's Hospital attack, which killed the…
DRAWING THE BOUNDARIES: FROM TERRORISM TO CLIMATE CHANGE By Helen Faulkner, Duncan Strachan Boundaries - whether geographical, legislative or behavioural - are often where the conflicts arise…
The Office for Environmental Protection publishes its Strategy and Enforcement Policy By Neil Scott The Office for Environmental Protection (“OEP”) has recently published its first Strategy and…
Why businesses should take steps now to prepare for record-keeping and reporting obligations under Extended Producer Responsibility By Chris Baranowski The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has announced that Extended Producer…
Are you prepared for the new protect duty? By Helen Faulkner, Duncan Strachan Many questions remain outstanding in the wake of the recent Home Office consultation on the…
Focusing Attention within ESG By Helen Faulkner, Charlotte Shakespeare Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues feature at the top of most boardroom agendas, for…
COP 26 Day 1: Success hangs in the balance By Helen Faulkner COP26 finally opened in Glasgow yesterday after a year’s delay and months of intensive build-up…
The sweet spot in ESG By Helen Faulkner, Charlotte Shakespeare There is a considerable overlap in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues currently…
Legalign Global and COVID-19 – Here to help By Helen Faulkner During these very difficult times, members of Legalign Global, the closely integrated alliance of…
Reimagining general insurance By Helen Faulkner A strategic view of the extent and scope of the changes that will transform the market, developed…
50 predictions: Cross Sector Issues By Helen Faulkner The double-edged sword of AI – are you ‘ready, willing and able’? The potential of InsurTech has…
Welcome By Helen Faulkner, Charlotte Shakespeare The events of the last 12 months have provided clear illustrations of the critical uncertainties we…
50 predictions: Cross Sector Issues By Helen Faulkner “AI will create significant challenges in terms of corporate structures, property portfolios and…
DAC Beachcroft's Insurance Market Conditions & Trends 2017/18 By Helen Faulkner DAC Beachcroft's Insurance Market Conditions & Trends 2017/18 report is now available…
Welcome By Helen Faulkner As I celebrate the end of my first year as Head of Insurance, Insurance Market Conditions &…
Ten years back, ten years forward By Helen Faulkner Looking back to 2006 should be a sobering experience for anyone in the financial services sector…
50 Predictions: Cross Sector Issues By Helen Faulkner "The development of sophisticated but easy-to-use claims apps will gradually transfer control of…
Changes in insolvency law set to affect D&O insurers By Helen Faulkner Several provisions of the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, which will come into…
Insurance Market Conditions & Trends 2015 By Helen Faulkner, David Pollitt Now in its ninth year, this report provides 50 key predictions for the insurance industry across…
Sticking our neck out: Last year’s predictions reviewed By David Pollitt, Helen Faulkner How hard can it be to predict the future? Pretty tough amid the whirlwind of change whipping around…
FIFA scandal: Has the industry been caught off side? By Helen Faulkner The indictment of 14 defendants associated with Fédération Internationale de Football Association…
Pecuniary Penalties: Australian Federal Court refuses to uphold “plea bargain” agreement By Helen Faulkner On 1 May 2015, the Federal Court of Australia handed down a decision in Director, Fair Work…
D&O Germany: Liability of Directors for Prohibited Payments after Insolvency By Helen Faulkner The German D&O market is currently flooded with claims by insolvency administrators against…
New digital content provisions under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 By Helen Faulkner The Consumer Rights Act 2015 will come into force in October of this year, and will consolidate…
ICO regards "legitimate interest" a potential ground for big data processing By Helen Faulkner The ICO has released its feedback report on its paper "Big data and data protection" originally…
New telematics guidelines at risk of falling behind advancing technology By Helen Faulkner One of the new rights under the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation is the right of "data…
ABI predict the rise of cyber insurance By Helen Faulkner On the 5th May 2015 the ABI held a conference on cyber insurance…
EC reveals plans for a Digital Single Market By Helen Faulkner This month the EC revealed its "Communication on a Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe"; a…
EC commences e-commerce sector inquiry By Helen Faulkner The European Commission is looking into identifying possible competition issues in the e-commerce…
April 2015 changes and what to expect in the next Parliament By Helen Faulkner A few changes to employment law have come into force this month, most notably the right to take…
Kashmir floods cause huge losses By Helen Faulkner The State of Jammu and Kashmir in India, and parts of Pakistan, have recently experienced their…